So, it’s official, turns out we are having another little girl!! I had a feeling…call it instinct, whatever, but I just knew it would be a girl. We brought Charlie with us to the ultrasound appointment…I knew that if Vann was there and she got squirrely he could just take her out of the room. She watched the tv screen at first, but didn’t comprehend the “baby” being displayed on it. She was more interested in the fact that Mommy was laying on what appeared to be a “bed” and kept waving at me and saying, “Hi, Mommy!”

I honestly haven’t even had a chance to process the news…shortly after the appointment we had to rush through lunch so Vann could get back to work…but of course we are thrilled. I think what will be interesting is expecting just another Charlie, when in fact, this baby will be dramatically different than she was/is.

And yes, I’ve heard it a bunch today…yes, we do have baby girl clothes so this little one will not go naked…but you can’t fault a Mommy for being excited to purchase a few new things for this dramatically different little girl. After all, Charlie was born at the end of the summer, when it was still warm and breezy in Chicago, and Baby #2 will be born in the dead of Winter…a “Turkey” Baby, as I like to call her.

On our way out of the beautiful, new, glitzy Prentice Women’s Hospital (keep in mind we delivered Charlie at the old hospital and didn’t have an Argo Tea downstairs and a flat screen in our room), Vann went to change Charlie’s diaper and I wandered into the fantastic lobby flower shop. I admit, I am a BIG sucker for Fall/Winter scented candles and even though I swore I wouldn’t buy any yet, I happened upon one called “Farmer’s Market” and had to bring it home with me. It smells like all the Fall things I adore: freshly fallen leaves, pumpkins, a cool, crisp breeze in the air, and the scents of the holidays. I know that when I burn that candle in September I will think of the day that I found out I would be a Momma of two little girls.